Should I use 'fiancé' or 'fiancée'?
The word ‘fiancé’ is masculine and is used to describe an engaged man. The word ‘fiancée‘ is feminine and is used to describe an engaged woman.
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Should I use ‘fiancé’ or ‘fiancée’?
If you are writing about an engaged man, use the masculine form, ‘fiancé’. If you are writing about an engaged woman, use the feminine form, ‘fiancée‘.What is the correct spelling of fiancé?
If you are writing about an engaged man, the correct spelling is; ‘fiancé’.What is the correct spelling of ‘fiancée‘?
If you are writing about an engaged woman, the correct spelling is; ‘fiancée‘.Have you tried the FREE PaperRater automated proofreader yet? What are you waiting for?
Example sentences using ‘fiancé’
- Sharon then began plotting to win her "high school sweetheart" back from his fiancé, Phyllis's sister Avery Bailey Clark (Jessica Collins).
- Lily explains that she lost her fiancé, which is why she left her medical residency.
- Although not written by Cole herself, this song is about being in a relationship with someone sent from Heaven, very much related to her relationship with then fiancé, Daniel Gibson.
- Clausen was an official war artist during World War I. During the war his daughter's fiancé was killed; this event may have inspired his painting, "Youth Mourning".
- She had Tegan after she slept with Kamryn's fiancé, Nate.
- Nate Turner - Tegan’s father from a one-night stand with Adele and Kamryn’s former fiancé.
- Other characters include Jackson's brother, Nigel, a well-to-do dentist, and his extravagant, gold-digging fiancé Paula. Also included is Coco, a restaurant owner who is Ryan's best friend.
- Singer dropped out of the to direct "Superman" and Marsden was cast as Lois Lane's fiancé, Richard White, but due to schedule conflicts, Marsden's screen time in "The Last Stand" was reduced, stirring controversy from fans of the comics.
- Instead he ends up flirting with her friend Tilda Price, to the consternation of both Fanny and Tilda's friendly but crude-mannered fiancé John Browdie.
- She tells him she is going to see her fiancé, a pilot who is recuperating in a hospital. As the days pass, she loses her fear and mistrust of him.
- When they finally part, Shura confesses she lied; there was no fiancé, only an aunt.
- The fable involves a fox, a huntsman, and his demanding fiancé.
- The fiancé asks the huntsman to kill a fox and create from it a beautiful fur boa.
- The fiancé is furious and threatens to leave the huntsman if he does not produce a boa, and the huntsman confronts the fox again.
- The fiancé however rejects the tail alone as too inadequate to make a beautiful boa with, and the huntsman decides to break his deal with the fox.
- The fiancé is left pining for the huntsman, eventually forgetting about the boa but never of him.
Example sentences using ‘fiancée’
- When Warren finds out, he takes the belongings and threatens Ste, who later breaks into Warren's business, Evissa and sets a fire, which almost kills Warren's fiancée Louise Summers (Roxanne McKee).
- The story is about an American scientist (Nick Adams) who pays a visit to the estate of his fiancée's family.
- There is growing uneasiness on Marlow's part when he happens to notice that his private correspondence with his fiancée has been steamed open. It is later revealed that this is because of a love triangle which had developed between the two and Llewellyn's fiancée Bronwen.
- "Each In His Own Way" concerns the production of a play based on "real" goings-on: the scandal of the artist Giorgio Salvi's suicide on the eve of his marriage, committed when he discovered that his fiancée, the actress Delia Morello, had begun a short-lived affair with Salvi's brother-in-law Michele Rocca, is ostensibly based on events concerning the sculptor La Vela, the actress Amelia Moreno, and Baron Nuti.
- Shortly after in the hallway, a Narn shouts "murderer" as he lunges at Vir, who shelters his fiancée. Only the timely intervention of Sheridan and station security saves them.
- It is believed to be written after she met her fiancée. Music video.
- In January 2011, his fiancée Jenny gave birth to the couple's first child, Lydia.
- One story stated that the house belonged to a sea captain who was building the house from him and his fiancée, but her death left the house unfinished in his grief.
- Munch's fiancée, Geneviève Maury, granddaughter of a founder of the Nestlé Chocolate Company, rented the hall and hired the Walther Straram Concerts Orchestra.
- He returned to Kenya in 1992 with his fiancée Michelle and his half-sister Auma.
- Turtle, knowing his fiancée wants children, reluctantly breaks off their relationship, unable or unwilling to explain their genetic incompatibility.
- The Selangor success had extra significance for Momen as the women’s title was won by compatriot Raneem El Weleily, the then world No2 who later became his fiancée!
- He feels an uncontrollable urge to deface the rich kid's new car and chase after his fiancée.
Use of ‘fiancé’ and ‘fiancée’ in American English
This Ngram indicates the use of ‘fiancé’ and ‘fiancée’ in American books, journals, and magazines published from 1800 to 2000.Use of ‘fiancé’ and ‘fiancée’ in British English
This Ngram indicates the use of ‘fiancé’ and ‘fiancée’ in British books, journals, and magazines published from 1800 to 2000. As you can see, the popularity of ‘favourite’ has dropped dramatically over the years while the use of ‘favorite’ has increased. Of course, ‘favourite’ is still the preferred spelling in British English.Trends in the use of ‘fiancé’ and ‘fiancée’
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- On the day he is to be married, Detective Kanzaki, who happens to be on the case, discovers that his fiancé Mina has been murdered with her heart also missing.
- It is typically classified in the action or martial arts category, however it is very much a crime thriller about a cop (Kanzaki), whose fiancé (Mina) is only the latest victim in a series of macabre serial killings of young women.
- As the fiancé of the Emperor's only daughter, ""Despotes" Alexius" was the heir presumptive to the Emperor for a short period (1165–1169).
- Tom then runs away from home and is found at his parents grave. Max, OB and Tom then move into the flat next to Mandy and new fiancé Tony.
- "My Baby" is a mid-tempo love song depicting a sonic valentine to Jackson's fiancé.
- Sally is quite nervous about the visit since her fiancé Danny is among the arriving sailors, and she is supposed to marry him in the next few days.
- Nesta wishes to call in professional help, but Cynthia persuades her she can still do it, with the help of her new fiancé, a wealthy man called Peter Burns, who she suggests can take up a post at Ogden's new school, posing as a trainee schoolmaster.
- Carly had a one night stand with a man she met in a bar soon after arriving in town, whom she later learned was Michael "Mike" Kasnoff, Rosanna's fiancé.
- Desperate, she invents a fiancé on the spot (conveniently away in Alaska), but Ralph insists on interviewing her phantom boyfriend within 60 days.
- Ralph informs a distraught Millie that her 60 days are up, gets her to admit there is no fiancé, and asks her to marry him.
- "Daily News and Analysis" gave 3 stars out of 5, commented "The director seems to know well the culture of Punjab and Haryana and has generously incorporated it, including the way, Genelia’s fiancé brags about his money power.
- After her fiancé Heung Jin Moon died in an automobile accident, Sun Myung Moon founded a dance company for her.
- Rev Moon had suggested us but we had made the decision," she said of her fiancé.
Example sentences using ‘fiancée’
- Peter May was criticised for bringing his fiancée Virginia Gilligan, the niece of Arthur Gilligan who was in Australia as a radio commentator, to Australia (an unprecedented move in 1950s cricket).
- He tries to escape, but is attacked, chased and killed by the beast. Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), Ben's fiancée, has contacted his brother, Lawrence Talbot (Benicio del Toro), the world-renowned Shakespearean actor, saying that Ben disappeared a month ago.
- The plan backfires as the robot falls in love with the scientist's fiancée and is further manipulated to bring destruction to the world when it lands in the hands of a rival scientist. After nearly a decade of pre-production work, the film was shot over two years beginning in 2008.
- She plays Florence Mackenzie, the fiancée of Eric Liddell.
- Catwoman, however, appears to consider Zatanna a more dangerous contender for Bruce's attentions than Jezebel Jet (his fiancée at the time).
- An oval painting shows Infanta Maria Anna Victoria, fiancée of Louis XV, who was residing in France at the time.
- His flirtatious attentions towards the poet's fiancée leads to a duel, and the death of the poet. An excited crowd gathers to discuss the incident, a man found breaking into Ogden's room, when Mrs Sheridan appears, for an appointment with Abeny; Burns quickly sees that she is in fact his former fiancée, Audrey.
- Foggerty has not told Jenny that he has another fiancée in Melbourne, Delia Spiff, a rich old woman who is a distant relative of Jenny's.
- New Zealand was due to host a 2010 World Cup qualifying match between Fiji and New Zealand, but denied entry to the Fiji team's main goalkeeper, Simione Tamanisau, due to the latter's fiancée's father being a member of Fiji's military.
- Shacklock first gained a job cutting scrub on the Otago Peninsula before his fiancée Elizabeth Bradley came to join him in New Zealand.
- Gaylord Myron "Greg" Focker (Ben Stiller) and his fiancée Pam Byrnes (Polo) decide to introduce their parents to each other.
- Juan goes to a warehouse, where he greets the motorcycle thieves, Sandler and his sister, Gandolfo, and Juan's fiancée Valeria — revealing that the real scam was to swindle Marcos out of $200,000 as revenge for all the times he cheated his family and his partners.
- The Jordan Brown case involves Jordan Brown (born August 7, 1997), who at age 11 was initially charged as an adult in the fatal shooting of his father's fiancée, Kenzie Marie Houk, 26, in Wampum, Pennsylvania, on February 20, 2009.
- A romantic drama which follows Ben, a 29-year-old Israeli on his way to New York to re-join his fiancée and start his new life.
- His fiancée, Clara Ledesma Medina, was the soul of this important movement.
- Together with his fiancée, he became a militant in the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP, "People's Revolutionary Army, associated with the Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores — PRT, "Workers' Revolutionary Party") in 1972.
- Martín is the first one offering Belén to the position of the orphanage's director, but the place is taken by Ginette, Ramiro's ambitious fiancée. After Letícia dies, Belén develops a mother-and-daughter relation with Sol, since the little girl is left in sadness.
- Rian is the owner of a mansion located nearby the granary, and Cora is his fiancée. As Rian gradually falls for Carol (and vice versa), Cora is left angry, committing illicit acts to take Carol and the orphans away from her life.
- When Marshall's fiancée, Carrie Bowman, went into labor at CIA headquarters, she insisted on being married before the baby was born.